Making Fire in the Snow

Luo Tingxue's first transmigration was actually nothing special. To the casual onlooker, it was simply the story of a cannon-fodder character who thought she was the heroine of a sweet romance, only to have her whole life affected by someone else's irresistible charm.

But to Luo Tingxue herself, it was a farce that stuck in her throat.

She had chosen her first husband herself, and for a time, confidently believed she'd achieved the ultimate goal of every transmigrated woman: "To find one heart, and stay together until our hair turns white."

Only after her husband died for his country, while sorting through his belongings, did she discover that he loved someone else.

Her next husband was a tyrannical emperor who had successfully rebelled. He seized her after she became a widow and treated her like a plaything and a diversion.

Still, the tyrant had one advantage over her first husband: he was completely open about the person he loved most. Unlike her first husband, he didn't keep his feelings buried.

They both loved the same woman: Ran Yuning.

And back in the old dynasty, Luo Tingxue and Ran Yuning had been called the Twin Beauties of the Capital.

To be honest, everything that happened was far more complicated and profound than mere rivalry between women.

Luo Tingxue was only human, after all. She couldn't stand fate provoking her again and again, even if the provocation hadn't been intended by another woman.

Overwhelmed by frustration and long-held resentment, she did some utterly foolish things during her first transmigration into this world.

One consequence of those foolish mistakes was that, when she inexplicably returned reborn, she accepted her cannon-fodder status and firmly refused to pursue the future tyrant, Guan Che, while he was still a beginner in the starting village and hadn't yet succeeded in his rebellion.

Did a cannon-fodder character really have to suck up to that bastard to defy fate and change her life?

She didn't believe it.

Having made it to her second rebirth, she ought to think bigger and live this life freely, passionately, and vibrantly.

So she latched onto an unlucky wastrel from the Marquis of Wu'an's household, a man who hadn't even appeared in the records of her previous life...

Gradually, she realized that some people could be caught in the middle of a storm yet remain carefree and untouched for a reason.

Ran Yuning was one of them.

And Luo Tingxue also realized she had changed.

Once, she wanted to be a pampered wife and live a happy, stable life. Later, she wanted to live freely on her own and worked hard toward that. And then...

She wanted to be a pampered wife, and a hero, too.

Theme: When you feel lost, anxious, resentful, or disdainful, look back at those old, romantic stories